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Agreed

Arsenal scored 2 goals fewer and conceded 4 more than Chelsea so it really is fine margins.

Arsenals squad when fully fit really is very very good trouble is they tend to pick up alot of long term injuries , more than any other club it would seem.

A Keeper and CDM and a CF is what AW needs.

Chelsea are the favourites and rightly so, I think M City /Arsenal and Uts will fight it out for 2nd place.

Yes..tho I would also add a top drawer centre half. Basically the spine needs toughened and strengthened with a winning mentality. Just a tad light weight at the moment.

P'ah, you lot know nothing. Clearly with Toure signing an extension, Liabiliiotelli staying and Benteke, Ings and Milner possibly joining we have the league sown up......

Hmmmmmm I am torn, I think a top keeper would certainly help the goal difference, I think once Per is dropped we should be ok................I think

A top goalie is a must ! Tho once again Wenger will prob not spend where needed. A good squad but too many players which are similar esp attacking midfielders. 

Agreed..........far too many simialr players . I think Wenger will again buy just the one big money player and a could of finge players

Whats your take on Man u......100+ Million t spend???

Yes Man U will spend prob 150M .....tho some of that will probably be offset with de gea going to RM. Hopefully we will screw them over and demand a huge fee or a swap deal.

Cech is seen by many man u fans as an ideal replacement.  A decent RB and top drawer CB. An experienced midfielder ie bastian swine tiger and a marque centre forward. Could Bale or Ronaldo be part of the De Gea deal...? Bale had a mare last season and Ronaldo is not happy with appt of Benitez.

Those to be sold Nani, Cleverley, Hernandez, Raphael, Evans, de Gea, RVP n possibly Di Maria.

Targets Cech, Loris, Otamendi, Alves, clyne, Hummels, varane, Godin, Laporte. Bastian swine tiger, schniederlin, gundogan. Higuain, benzema, Bale, ronaldo

Blimey thats some shopping list with some very interesting names thrown in, I dont think LVG will have any problem getting players.

Its always a gamble though getting 6-8 new players .

One thing is UTD will be there or thereabouts yet again, people writing them off so early last season were mad.

They were between average & poor throughout the season. They got a free pass to fourth because Liverpool were mind-numbingly crap the first & last third of the season, and Spunks were also pretty shoddy.

This after spending close to a quarter-billion quid in transfer & loan fees in 13 months.

De Gea was their player of the year, and probably single-handedly won them their CL place. With him likely going, they'll need to spend big. But, with Carrick another year older, a defence almost as sh*te as Liverpool's, and misfiring mega-stars like Di Maria, nothing's certain.

In their favour, Liverpool look like sticking with Rodgers & pursuing distinctly average players like Milner, Ings & Benteke, whilst Spunks are linked with few players & Levy is a tight-arsed gimp.

He's going, and can be such a petulant little turd that he'll sulk if he doesn't get what he wants. So... better RM for two reasons:

1) it's not a rival in England

2) RM tend not to lowball with their bids, and if we could get £45m, I'd be happy. Sterling is never going to be anywhere near the player Suarez was/is

lack of goals and a weak defence  contributed to Liverpool's feeble campaign.. I suppose in the theory according to saint that Arsenal only Finnished third cos man u were crap...city were 2nd because arsenal were just a tad better than man u and so on. Here a tip..concentrate on your own team rather than the ones who Finnish consistently above you !! Your rants are very Benitez Esque..

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lack of goals and a weak defence  contributed to Liverpool's feeble campaign.. I suppose in the theory according to saint that Arsenal only Finnished third cos man u were crap...city were 2nd because arsenal were just a tad better than man u and so on. Here a tip..concentrate on your own team rather than the ones who Finnish consistently above you !! Your rants are very Benitez Esque..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3011614/Liverpool-finished-higher-league-average-club-England-Manchester-United-Arsenal-rest-rank.html

To be honest. Man Utd and Liverpool were both crap. The reason Man Utd finished higher is because they have a world class coach. The season just gone was poor overall in my opinion. Chelsea won it at a canter without really trying, thanks to the ineptitude of the chasing pack.

Malcolm
Wakefield & Gothenburg, SWE

 No doubt Chelsea won the title at a cruise...down to Jose and a steady team selection. The rest will have to step up to challenge....I do think it will be closer next season.

I always have a chuckle this time of the year as papers contrive to come up with the most ludicrous story.

My current favourite is from The Sun reporting that Bentaleb is in talks with the Dippers for a £10m transfer.